Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.
John RawlsThe idea of public reason has to do with how questions should be decided, but it doesn't tell you what are the good reasons or correct decisions.
John RawlsThe intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.
John RawlsCertainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.
John Rawls